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THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE
Child Restraint
WARN ING!
Everyone in you r vehicle need s to be buckled up at all
times, inclu ding babies and child ren. Every state in the
United States and all Canad ian provinces requ ire that
small child ren rid e in prop er restraint system s. This is the
law, and you can be prosecu ted for ignoring it.
In a collision , an unrestrain ed child , even a tin y baby,
can becom e a projectile insid e the veh icle. The force
req uired to hold even an infan t on you r lap could
becom e so great that you could not hold the child , no
matter how stron g you are. The child and oth ers
could be badly injured . Any child rid ing in you r
veh icle should be in a prop er restrain t for the child ’s
size.
Child ren 12 years and und er shou ld rid e prop erly buck-
led up in a rear seat, if available. Accord ing to crash
statistics, child ren are safer when prop erly restrained in
the rear seats, rather than in the front.
There are different sizes and typ es of restraints for Infan ts and Child Restrain ts
child ren from new born size to the child almost large
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Safety
experts recom mend
that
child ren rid e
enou gh for an adult safety belt. Alw ays check the child
seat owner’s manu al to ensu re you have the correct seat
for you r child . Use the restraint that is correct for you r
child .
rearw ard -facing in the vehicle until they are at least
one-year old and weigh at least 20 lbs (9 kg). Two
typ es of child restraints can be used rearw ard -facing:
infant carriers and “convertible” child seats.
| Categories | Jeep Manuals, Jeep Wrangler Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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